Hoover Urges Food Saving to Save Allies in War
London reports Herbert C. Hoover, headed for the American Food Board, warns America must cut wheat use by 30 percent to prevent Allied starvation. He calls for every person to forgo a loaf weekly and grow more food, stressing thrift and national sacrifice as crucial to victory.
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Herbert C. Hoover
American Commission For Relief
Belgium
Wilson
American Food Board
London
Associated Press
America
Mr. Hoover
Russia
England
France
Italy
Purdue Can Help You For July August farmers meetings
The Purdue Poultry Division offers extension workers for field meetings in July and August. They plan poultry lectures demonstrations and housing remodels. Local leaders can arrange special poultry meetings or add poultry to summer programs. Apply through county agents or the Department of Agricultural Extension weeks in advance.
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Purdue Poultry Division
Purdue
Department of Agricultural Extension
Golladay School House Farming Report Notes Weather
Golladay school bulletin reports cool wet weather delaying farming but a large corn crop to be planted. Oats acreage is large with good growth, early pigs small but late crop expected average. Eggs, potatoes, and garden crops show strong activity. seed rot noted. many chicks. cattle few. sheep scarce. Two loads of corn sold at 1.25 dollars per Lu. Hay moved over Beck scales recently.
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Golladay
Purdue Suggestions on War Time Poultry Management
Wartime guidance advises raising every chick hatched this spring and keeping early layers for next fall. It recommends culling, caponizing late hatchlings, and selling infertile eggs, with emphasis on stocking hens until Sept 1 and preparing poultry houses for winter. Purdue offers further advice through its agricultural guidance.
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Indiana
Purdue
Purdue Says How To Beef Up Egg Supply At Home
Guidance urges keeping a dozen hens for backyard egg production and using water glass or lime water to preserve eggs in April through June. Tips include buying quality eggs, feeding scraps, and storing eggs for winter to cut costs while noting eggs as an economical staple.
Call to the Farm in Wartime Food Drive
In patriotic tone the piece urges farmers to boost corn and bean production to feed the world during wartime. It notes corn and hog shortages, highlights garden crops, tobacco growers switching to tomatoes, and argues to cut alcohol use to fund meat and bread for the hungry, ending with a call to work hard for freedom.
John Wells Plants Large Garden Patch With Onions Potatoes
John Wells has planted more than half an acre of onion seed and potatoes along with assorted garden truck crops. The effort reflects a sizable urban farming endeavor and a diverse vegetable harvest plan.
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John Wells
Farmers Respond in Hazelwood Area Cropping Heavy Across Farms
The report lists numerous local farmers and their crops for the season. Titus, Oscar Erp, A E Jones, Dorsey Butler, Guy Morrison, E R Proffitt and others plant acres of corn and oats, with small rye and clover fields noted. Hog feeding and cattle shipments to Indiana polis are mentioned, along with extensive ground devoted to corn and clover.
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Titus
J. T
R. E. Jones
Indianapolis
S. Edrington
Oscar Erp
Dorsey Butler
Guy Morrison
E.R. Proffitt
Theo
McDuffie
Sidney Riggins
Jd. W. Riggins
Max
Ed Denny
Lone Oak
Patriotism and faith unite in church notes and sermons
The Advance Christian Disciples report attendances low due to funerals and illness. Mother's Day program planned with Bro Halstead delivering a sermon. A June 27 Fathers Day note, patriotic reflections critique greed in markets and munition plants, urging Christians to emulate true patriotism by faith in Jesus and service to country and God. County Agent C J Jones signs off.
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Bro. Halstead
Board of Trade
George Washington
Jesus
Soldiers of the Cross
Uncle Sam
Bean School House Farm Notes in Hendricks County Activity
Basil Debard moved to Hendricks County to work for his aunt Mrs Wm Debard. Lew Owens rents his farm to his sons, cultivating a large crop. Wm Debard plants about one acre of potatoes. James Swindler grows a large crop. Frank Peterson aids Theron Miller working for James Fink. Ed Wright farms Frank Yagers land. Overall farmers strive to maximize corn, potatoes, beans and other staples.
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Basil Debard
Hendricks County
Wm Debard
Lew Owens
Wm. Debard
James Swindler
Frank Peterson
Theron Miller
James Fink
Ed Wright
Frank Yager
Poultry Trade Boosts Jamestown Farm Profits
Jaques and Co bought a hen from R M Pillips last week for 2.20. The hen weighed ten and a half pounds. If poultry buyers prosper as well as Geo Kirtley and wife, farm income rises with $90 eggs sold in April and chicken farming as a side issue on the Kirtley farm.
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Jaques and Co
R. M. Pillips
Jamestown Press
Geo. Kirtley
Kirtleys
Kirtley Farm
Christian Church Report Opens Sept 8 Service
The Christian Church notes Rector I R Proffitt leading Sept 8 services. A Thursday prayer meeting at 7 30 PM is announced with Mrs Rector guiding the C E talk on Love. Hazel Caplinger to lead next Sunday on Fellowship With God and SS attendance praised while volunteers for the school are sought.
King's Daughters Supper and Flag Day Events Noted
A community supper and entertainment organized by the King's Daughters drew a large crowd from Lebanon and nearby towns. Despite cooler weather a pledge of 50 gallons of cream was halved to 25, the program included an orchestral Star Spangled Banner, and a Mt. Zion flag raising attracted many. Mrs. R. Anschutz, a Mt. Zion resident, provided the large flag and described her past flag making during the Spanish American War, now continuing for the current crisis.
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Lebanon
Alls
Mt. Zion
R. Anschutz
Cincinnati
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J. Russell Smith
Food Battalions
University of Pennsylvania
Germany
Boone County
Advance Christian
St. John Halstead
Chas. Farlow
S. S
S.S
Jamestown
May Cornelius
King of Kings
Lord of Lords
C. J. Jones
Lawrence Co
Ind
Christian Church O. V
I. R. Proffitt
Enist
S. 8
Christ
W. J. DeVol
J. H. Fink
H.C. Epperson
G. H. Waters
Bank OF Advance
Advance
State of
State Bank of Advance
Wm. Caldwell
the Advance Bakery
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BOY Scout
Cracker
Jackies
Chas. E. McClaine
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